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Originally Posted by aikenluu918
Get an expense tracker on your phone.. and as painful as it is, input EVERY little purchase you use.
Set your budgets and stick to them
NO EXCEPTIONS
at the end of the month review your transactions. you will be surprised at what you spend on.
lather, rinse and repeat.
I think your biggest problem is not knowing where your money went. Knowledge is power.
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I tried to do this before... it was really hard to do every purchase. heisenberg, make sure you put in the expense right away or you'll forget to do it later.
Try finding something really occupying to do at home like games, TV or movies. It was easy for me to stop eating out. Spend $XX to eat food that'll be tasty for a few minutes, or just wait XX minutes to get home and eat there? Just think about what you could be doing with the money instead (NOT buying stuff - put it away).